暗 — am

Parts that make up 暗

How 暗 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 暗 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 日, 音.

Korean example words with 暗

• 암굴暗窟 Korean gloss: 어두운 굴
• 암영暗影 Korean gloss: 어두운 그림자
• 암흑暗黑 Korean gloss: 어둡고 캄캄함
• 야암夜暗 Korean gloss: 밤이 깊은 때
• 암등暗燈 Korean gloss: 어둠침침한 등불
• 암살暗殺 Korean gloss: 몰래 사람을 죽임
• 암해暗害 Korean gloss: 남몰래 해치거나 죽임
• 암루暗淚 Korean gloss: 소리 없이 흘리는 눈물
• 암색暗色 Korean gloss: 명도나 채도가 낮은 색
• 암축暗祝 Korean gloss: 신에게 마음속으로 기원함
• 암한暗恨 Korean gloss: 남모르게 품고 있는 원한
• 박암薄暗 Korean gloss: 어두울락 말락 할 정도의 어둠

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 暗

• 暗殺あんさつ assassination
• 真っ暗まっくら pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark
• 明暗めいあん light and darkness; light and shade
• 暗にあんに implicitly; indirectly; tacitly
• 暗礁あんしょう reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty
• 暗号あんごう code; password; cipher
• 暗黙あんもく tacit; unspoken; implicit
• 暗雲あんうん dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
• 暗黒あんこく darkness
• 薄暗いうすぐらい dim; gloomy
• 疑心暗鬼ぎしんあんき suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
• 暗証番号あんしょうばんごう personal identification number; PIN; password number

Characters sharing the phonetic 音

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “암”

Other hanja with radical 日